A data breach at an unnamed French hospital exposed the medical records of 750,000 patients after a threat actor gained access to its electronic patient record system. A threat actor using the nickname ‘nears’ (previously near2tlg) claimed to have attacked multiple healthcare facilities in France, alleging that they have access to the patient records of over…

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‘Both Hopper and Blackwell systems have certain supply constraints, and the demand for Blackwell is expected to exceed supply for several quarters in fiscal 2026,’ Nvidia finance chief Colette Kress said in her third-quarter commentary before CEO Jensen Huang addressed issues with Blackwell. Nvidia CFO Colette Kress said the company is “racing to scale supply…

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MITRE has shared this year’s top 25 list of the most common and dangerous software weaknesses behind more than 31,000 vulnerabilities disclosed between June 2023 and June 2024. Software weaknesses refer to flaws, bugs, vulnerabilities, and errors found in software’s code, architecture, implementation, or design. Attackers can exploit them to breach systems where the vulnerable…

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From CoreWeave and Wiz to Cast AI and Prosimo, here are the 10 cloud startups of 2024 that you need to know about. Startup companies are paving the cloud computing highway of the future, which is currently being fueled by global demand for artificial intelligence solutions. “The use of AI technologies in IT and business…

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MS-ISAC ADVISORY NUMBER: 2024-131 DATE(S) ISSUED: 11/20/2024 OVERVIEW: Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Apple products, the most severe of which could allow for arbitrary code execution. Successful exploitation of the most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow for arbitrary code execution in the context of the logged on user. Depending on the privileges associated…

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Finastra has confirmed it warned customers of a cybersecurity incident after a threat actor began selling allegedly stolen data on a hacking forum. Finastra is a financial software company serving over 8,000 institutions across 130 countries, including 45 of the world’s top 50 banks and credit unions. The company employs 12,000 people, and last year,…

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​The U.S. Justice Department has charged five suspects believed to be part of the financially motivated Scattered Spider cybercrime gang with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Between September 2021 and April 2023, they were able to steal over $11 million from cryptocurrency wallets using victims’ credentials stolen in SMS phishing attacks targeting dozens of targets,…

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Five local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerabilities have been discovered in the needrestart utility used by Ubuntu Linux, which was introduced over 10 years ago in version 21.04. The flaws were discovered by Qualys and are tracked as CVE-2024-48990, CVE-2024-48991, CVE-2024-48992, CVE-2024-10224, and CVE-2024-11003. They were introduced in needrestart version 0.8, released in April 2014, and…

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‘This settlement demonstrates the department’s commitment to hold accountable those who overcharge the government through collusion or other unlawful conduct,’ said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian M. Boynton, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Division, in a statement. Over a period of four years Dell Technologies knowingly submitted high bids on US Army hardware…

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‘Through this program, we’re enhancing the incentives, product support and co-selling opportunities to help our services and ISV partners bring these solutions to market faster, reach more customers and grow their AI agent businesses,’ says Google Cloud’s global channel chief, Kevin Ichhpurani. Google Cloud is looking to scale AI agent sales and customer adoption to…

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